Car-door fastener.



PATENTED MAR. 1'7, 1908.

F. LANGLEY.

GAR DOOR PASTBNBP..

APPLICATION FILED MAY 4, 1907.

1HE Nalmls persas cu.. wnsumcroun c FREDERICK LANGLEY, OF ROUSES POINT,NEW YORK.

CAR-DOOR FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led May 4, 1907.

Patented March 17, 1908.

Serial No. 371,857.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, FREDERICK LANGLEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Rouses Point, in the county of Clinton and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oar-DoorFasteners, of which the following is a specication.

This invention is a car-door fastener and has for its object to providea simple and reliable device of this kind to be used in connection witha seal-lock, and which will secure the door in closed as well as inpartly open position.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is an elevation showing theposition. of the parts when the door is closed. Fig. 2 is an elevationshowing` the position of the `fastener when the door is partly open forthe purpose of ventilation. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line 3-3of Fig. 1. Fig. 4L is a horizontal section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

Referring specifically to the drawing, 5 denotes the car body 6 anordinary sliding door and 7 the amb against which the door stops. Thedoor carries a latch which comprises a bar 8 having at one end a hook 9engageable with a keeper .located adjacent the jainb 7, and at theopposite end a handle 10.

The latch-bar works under guide-straps 11A and 12 projecting from abase-bar 13 which is fastened to the door by bolts 14 and 15 orotherwise. The straps are spaced from the door, and the latch-bar workstherebetween, and at their upper ends, the straps are in contact withthe door as indicated at 16 and 17, respectively. On the top edge of thelatch-bar is a projection 18 which is engageable with the portion 16 ofthe strap 11 to limit the outward movement of the latchbar. The bolt 14passes through the strap 11, and in the lower edge of the latch-bar arenotches 19 and 2O which are engageable with said bolt to hold thelatch-bar in adjusted position. rThe bolt also serves as a fulcrum onwhich the latch-bar may bc swung to disengage its hooked end 9 from thekeeper as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1. The guide-strap 12 is madesufficiently long to permit this swinging movement of the latchbar.Behind the door are plates 21 on which the fastening nuts 22 of thebolts 14 and 15 seat to prevent them from pulling out, and also servingto strengthen the door.

The keeper comprises a base-plate 23 bolted through the wall of thecar-body adjacent the j amb 7 and having a projecting flange 24 which isin contact with the outer edge of the jainb. The flange has an eye 25 toreceive the latch-hook 9, and below the eye the flange has a transverseopening 26 adapted to register with a transverse opening 27 in the hook9, the latter opening being below the eye when the hook is in engagementtherewith. The object of the openings 26 and 27 is to receive a seal 28.From the keeper eye, in front of the jamb, projects an inclined plate 2)which is in the path of the latch-hook and has for its object theautomatic engagement of the said hook with the keeper Then the door isbeing closed the hook rides up the inclined plate and as soon as itreaches the keeper eye it drops thereinto. When the door is entirelyclosed the notch. 19 is in engagement with bolt 14. as shown in Fig. 1.Wvhen the door is to be locked in partly open position for the purposeof ventilation, thc latch-bar is pushed forwardly to engage the notch 20with bolt 14. This has the effect of extending the latch-bar forwardlysufficiently for the hook 9 to reach the keeper as shown in Figs. 2 and4. The door will, however, be as securely locked as in the Vfirstposition.

I claim:

A door fastener comprising a swinginglatch pivoted to the door andhaving a downwardly extending' hooked end with an opening therein, and akeeper comprising a baseplate secured to the car body adjacent the door,a vertical flange projecting forwardly from the base-plate and having aneye ofl'set therefrom at the top thereof to receive the latch-hook, andan opening below the eye which registers with said opening to receive aseal, and an ii'iclined-platc projecting from the flange in front of thejamb in the path of the latch-hook.

In testimony whereofI aflix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

FREDERICK LANGLEY.

IVitnesses HoRMiDos BELAIs, EDGAR MAssnY.

